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Old 05-03-2017, 08:06 PM
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First new episode just finished, what did you all think?

I enjoyed it, thought the Ferrari feature was brilliant.

Looking forward to the next one tbh.

Old 05-03-2017, 08:18 PM
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Really enjoyed it. Chris Harris is a good choice. Still not sure on Leblanc though
Old 05-03-2017, 08:23 PM
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That Ferrari was something else. Glad they've gone back to the original track and I think the GT86 is a good choice of car.
I too like Chris Harris but am not sure about the other two. On the whole though better than the last series - so far!
Old 05-03-2017, 08:24 PM
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Watched it for the first time,I enjoyed the high miler challenge but felt the bit with James mcavoy was a bit fake,I like leblanc's dry humour,the guy Harris was ok but didn't take to the other guy much.
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matt le blanc seemed to be more interested this time around, last year he seemed bored and disinterested and generally it was decent program, still think the star in the car drags on to long though.
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It was good.
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Leaps and bounds better than the last series with Evans. They did the right thing skinning the presenting crew down; three is a much better number, and I think they kept the right three.

FXX K feature was right back there in true TG quality. I thought the challenge was fun without being stupid and "slapstick". Hopefully the celeb guest thing will get better, nice to see a GT86 out on track though.

And thankfully it was 480,000 miles, er times, better than The Grand Tour

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Old 05-03-2017, 09:24 PM
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I thought it was a pretty good start for the new series.
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Looks promising...
Old 06-03-2017, 09:47 AM
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better off dropping that knob rory and sticking with harris and the yank, was worth watching
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Big improvement over the last series. Still a bit wooden in places but that will improve with time I'm sure.
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Better, much better with three, not overly keen on Rory but the format was good. Harris makes good tv and LeBlanc is fairly dry

No chemistry tho, give it time
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I quite like Chris Harris as a presenter, after watching the 1st episode i'd be willing to stick with it for now.




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